The fence across the road from Poolesville Presbyterian Church

ID: 150 ~ Source: https://montgomeryhistory.org/lynchings-in-montgomery-county/lynchings-george-peck/
This file appears in: The Lynching of George Peck
The fence across the road from Poolesville Presbyterian Church

The location shown in this photo is believed to be the closest approximation of the site where George Peck was killed in 1880.

This file appears in: The Lynching of George Peck

By Destiny Brooks
An African American man by the name of George Peck lived in an area called Poolesville located in Montgomery County, Maryland. Peck was documented in the 1867 census being enslaved by William Poole. There are unknown whereabouts of his family being…